Sociolinguistics - Style, Context and Ethnography

Question 1

S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G

Answer 1

Setting and scene
Participants
Ends
Acts sequence
Key
Instrumentalities
Norms
Genre

Question 2

Style (as a social resource)

Answer 2

A way of doing something
A way of speaking
The most useful concept in answering questions around identity in sociolinguistics

Question 3

Social identity

Answer 3

Gives salience to perceived similarities with fellow group members, in comparison with other groups.

It is a self categorisation in which intra-group differences are perceived to be smaller than inter-group differences

Question 4

Personal Identity

Answer 4

A self definition that gives salience to the perceived difference between oneself and other people in a group. It suggests a perception of the self as ‘me’ and of the others in a group as ‘not me’ and represents a categorisation in which intragroup (interpersonal) differences are perceived to be greater than inter group differences

Question 5

Crossing

Answer 5

Involves speakers using short stretches of the inauthentic variety, such as swear words and insults, greetings, word plays and set expression.